[…] show that the both the form of the incentive, gift or money, and the way in which the incentive is delivered to the respondent has a measurable impact on response rates. A monetary incentive sent to the respondent in advance of the interview has the greatest effect on increasing response, regardless of the amount […]

[…] at different life stages whose partner has died. The research will contribute to debate about personal responsibility for financial affairs, and institutional arrangements that shape the financial impact of bereavement. Findings will: * have implications for social security, tax, pensions, housing and legal matters * inform the development of bereavement support and financial advice […]

[…] of diversity within the population. The survey will assist with understanding the long term effects of social and economic change, as well as policy interventions designed to impact upon the general wellbeing of the UK population. Wave one of the survey will take place between January 2009 and December 2010 (24 months) and will […]

DIUS commissioned this study to improve its understanding of the impact of lifelong learning on social mobility. The full programme of work considered four longitudinal data sets: the ONS Longitudinal Study (ONS-LS); the National Child Development Study (NCDS); the 1970 British Cohort Study (BCS70); and the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS). The research team […]

[…] more in the credit market even when relatively more averse to effort violating the equality of opportunity principle. Moreover, we find that marginal richer borrowers exert less effort than poorer ones in equilibrium. Empirical evidence in Italy points to a limited impact of policy measures aimed at increasing credit opportunities without targeting accurately the beneficiaries.

We use British panel data to explore the exogenous impact of income on a number of individual health outcomes: general health status, mental health, physical health problems, and health behaviours (drinking and smoking). Lottery winnings allow us to make causal statements regarding the effect of income on health, as the amount won is largely […]

[…] their optimal working hours on the basis of their innate preferences and the hourly wage rate, outcome reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by measuring the impact of changes in working-hours on life satisfaction in two countries (the UK and Germany using the German Socio-Economic Panel and the British Household Panel Survey). We […]

[…] dissertation focuses on the testing and identification of models of household decision-making, with an emphasis on bargaining between spouses. Chapter 1 provides a framework for analyzing the impact of a change in property division law–a natural experiment that affects spouses’ bargaining power in a discrete manner–on household decision-making. I focus on the 2000 House […]